first GOALLLLLD, womens pair 2k row

pooley choked on the time trial

mens 8 got a creditable bronze

armstrong (usa) won womens time trial by a mile

Well yeah when its in both teams best interest to throw of course its going to look terrible. Usually at least one team is trying to win so they can make a good show of it.

Its just a terrible format if both teams think its in their best interest to lose.

Danish archer is shook but she's pretty cute

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh damn

clutch 10 on the final arrow by Lorig to advance

Jack Bauer time!

Barbados/Grenada story is awesome.

Congrats to Great Britain!

No. There is nothing redeeming about the way they went about with this. If a ref comes in and says stop losing on purpose or you will get DQ'd and you still do it. Then you have no defense at all when you get dq'd.

Yeah brain fart. My bad.

meh, so each team steps up their effort to the point where it's acceptable by the ref. whichever team tries slightly less hard still gets an advantage, and they're not punished.

i still blame the organizers.

doesn't change the fact that the format sucks. it's probably not rocket science to figure out how to organize a competition such that it is always in someone's interest to win.

So they DQ'd four pairs, that means the quarter final draw looks sparse with four pairs left. Have they said the other two teams in those groups qualify for the knockout stages?

YESSSSSSSSSS Germany > China in judo

Just do it like the ro16? champions league draw. Super easy.

The format sucks but even taking away the opportunity to tank to avoid countrymen won't solve everything since the Chinese players even when playing each other facing knockout throughout the season often will have their team-chief Li Yongbo dictate the outcome. It can be for ranking purposes, some inside-hierarchy we can know nothing about but worst for their rivals, especially in singles, whoever Yongbo decide is the winner will be saving a lot of energy in a non competitive match gaining an edge in the following rounds.

I do feel bad for the athletes though. The Chinese too. I think their women doubles pair was almost a certain gold. They're the best in the world no matter what.

It's possible of course Li Yongbo himself is also answering to someone higher up, there is obviously huge pressure on him to deliver gold medals and he is seeking every edge, but I do think the "fixing" has been notorious under his reign in Chinese badminton.

Gotta feel bad for the Luis Leon Sanchez.

Breaks his chain on the start ramp

Yeah, didnt get 5m...

The start off man in the time trial has good hands. When I try to make the "3" my hand turns into a claw.

Certainly the likely men's semi-final down the line between Chinese GOAT Lin Dan and countryman Chen Jin will be interesting.

With stakes this high and the likely finalist opponent being world number 1 Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia, who is a favorite against anyone but Lin Dan (who has owned Chong Wei in big final after big final), would be one of those matches where Yongbo Li would definitely find it hard to overlook the physical edge in giving Lin Dan an easier victory before the battle of the titans in the final against arch-rival Chong Wei.

Given number 25, complete and utter fail

WIGGO WIGGO WIGGO

Is Wiggins smiling there lol?

So Wiggins vs. Panzerwagen today.

Tony Martin isn't a very German sounding name...

german just gotta hope wiggins crashes out, only way he can win

GB 1st and 3rd one time